MoFA asked to expose India's nefarious designs for holding G20 summit in held Kashmir

India plans to hoodwink the global community by holding the summit in its occupied Jammu and Kashmir

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – President Dr Arif Alvi has asked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to intensify its efforts to expose India’s nefarious designs and ulterior motives behind its planned move to hold the G20 summit in the UN-recognised disputed territory. 

India plans to hoodwink the global community by holding the summit in its occupied Jammu and Kashmir. 

While referring to a letter by All-Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) convener Mehmood Ahmed Saghar, the president asked MoFA for appropriate action.

In his letter to the president, Mr Saghar sought Pakistan’s urgent attention towards the Indian government’s highly controversial move to convene a meeting of G-20 member countries in the disputed Srinagar and its far-reaching consequences on the Kashmiris’ ongoing struggle for the right to self-determination. 

The APHC convener said India wanted to dilute Kashmir’s international and legal status, strengthen the notion that Kashmir was nothing but its internal matter. Mr Saghar highlighted the need for a mega diplomatic offensive by Pakistan in the UN, and other regional and international fora, to expose India’s nefarious designs and its ulterior motives behind the meeting in Indian-held Kashmir. 

Reuters adds: Pakistan last month condemned India's decision to hold Group of 20 meetings in the disputed Kashmir next month, calling the move "irresponsible". Kashmir is claimed in full but ruled in part by the two nuclear-armed neighbours who have fought two of their three wars over control of the region. India currently holds the rotating year-long presidency of the G20 and is set to host a leaders' summit in New Delhi in early September.

India released a full calendar of events leading up to the summit, which included G20 and Youth 20 meetings in Kashmir's summer capital of Srinagar and in Leh, in the neighbouring region of Ladakh, in April and May. 

Pakistan's foreign ministry issued a statement condemning the choice of venues in disputed territory. "India's irresponsible move is the latest in a series of self serving measures to perpetuate its illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir," it said. 

It accused India of acting in "disregard of the UN Security Council resolutions and in violation of the principles of the UN Charter and international law." "Pakistan vehemently condemns these moves," it said.